Evaluation of performance of the Real-Q NTM-ID kit for rapid identification of eight nontuberculous mycobacterial species.

ABSTRACT: We evaluated a multiplex real-time PCR and melting curve analysis assay (Real-Q NTM-ID kit; Biosewoom, Seoul, South Korea) for the identification of eight common nontuberculous mycobacterial species, using 30 type strains and 230 consecutive clinical isolates. The concordance rate of this assay with multigene sequence-based typing was 97.0% (223/230 isolates).

SUBMITTER: Huh HJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4313269 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature